Mother jailed by Iran is preparing for suicide, warns husband

Richard Ratcliffe fears arrest if he visits Nazanin. She was sentenced to two years in jail in May on spy chargesPA

The family of a British mother jailed in Iran on spy charges says her health has sharply deteriorated and that she is at risk of suicide if the UK fails to secure her release soon.

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, 37, who is half Iranian and lived in West Hampstead, northwest London, was sentenced to five years in prison in September. She was arrested in April while boarding a flight home after a holiday in Iran. The Iranian Revolutionary Guards separated her from her daughter Gabriella, two, whose British passport has been confiscated, preventing her from leaving the country.

Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s husband, Richard, who fears arrest if he travels to Iran, said that she is suffering from heart palpitations, cannot use her hands, and has pain in her…